Home › Weekly Overview: Feed: Price Trends, Analysis and a Predictor of Welfare Issues?
 

Keywords :   


Weekly Overview: Feed: Price Trends, Analysis and a Predictor of Welfare Issues?

2013-04-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

ANALYSIS - Two new market reports indicate better times ahead for pig producers, with feed prices predicted to fall. Recently published research has revealed a better way to evaluate the nutritive value of meat and bone meal (where it is permitted as a feed ingredient) and a new Swedish study shows that feeding behaviour among growing pigs may predict future tail-biting - an important welfare issue that can lead to significant economic losses for the industry.

Tags: price issues feed analysis

Category:Agriculture and Forestry

Latest from this category

All news
14.11Take a closer look at replacement female market
14.11Smithfield Foods responds to Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry settlement
14.11Is anyone keeping heifers?
14.11Cattle groups hail Thune as pick for Senate Majority Leader
14.11McDonalds, Syngenta and Lopez Foods aim to increase feed efficiency, reduce GHG emissions
14.11As holidays approach, ham demand, associated wholesale prices increasing
14.11Farm Progress announces return of Clint Peck to BEEF
14.11Contingency feed plans: Allows for wiggle room, ensures pigs stay healthy
Agriculture and Forestry »
15.11
15.11 BLOOD &DEATH HISTORY
15.113
15.11 squier Jazzmaster
15.11 SS6
15.11
15.11pen20087
15.11/
More »